Axie Infinity (AXS) is 10.8× the size of Xai (XAI) by market capitalisation. Over the past 1 year, AXS is ahead by 51.0 percentage points (XAI -83.6% against AXS -32.5%). Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.42 across 373 shared trading days). Both have run at a similar volatility, around 115% annualised.
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0.42over 373 shared trading days
Measured on daily returns rather than on prices. Two assets that both simply trend upward score near 1.0 on raw prices whether or not they move together, so returns are what answer the question people mean by correlation.
| Metric | XAI | AXS |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -86.4% | -72.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.04 | -0.04 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +44.0% | +248.7% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -51.2% | -55.5% |
Relative strength over 90 days: XAI outperformed AXS by 14.1% — measured on the XAI/AXS ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.